Thursday, March 14, 2013
Training for what?
My husband often asks me why I am training. It's a great question. Why am I working out? The only honest answers I can come up with are I workout for health and aesthetics. Lately, I really couldn't care less if I workout, let alone if I eat well. I am not sure why I have such an apathetic attitude about the whole thing. I think I am just stuck in a stupid rut. Part of me just wants to be like the rest of the population, who eats what they want and doesn't fret about squeezing workouts into their day. I long to be normal. Let's be honest, I am about as far from normal as they come. All I know is working out for health and aesthetics is not fulfilling to me. Don't get me wrong, they are great reasons. I just need to find other reasons. I just wish I knew what they were...
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My mom was and is the skinniest person I know. Growing up I watched her eat snickers bars and drink Pepsi for breakfast, and not eat till dinner. She made us good food, but I started sneaking the "good" stuff and became a hiding binge water Nd have yo-yo'd ever since. I wish my mom would have led by example and done what you are doing! Or what I am now trying to do with Lena now, by losing weight and being healthy. I hope this gives you a reason, because I am so unhappy the way I grew up and how I look now! You and Liz are my motivation, I stalk you guys to push me, god knows I don't get it from my mom (even now Ishe doesn't understand why I am so fat, or got this way)! So I hope this helps! Love you big!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenn! You're right that it is important to show our children how to eat for health. And, I want you to know that you are doing a great job! Each day it gets a little easier! Keep up the amazing work! I wish I lived in AZ so I could run with you and Liz!
DeleteI don't know but maybe you could try thinking about eating and working out in a different way. Training for something sounds so big sometimes - training for a mission "I'm training" always seems to me to need to be followed by " for a top secret black ops mission" and " I'd tell you about it but I'd have to kill you" ;) . But what if instead you thought about like saving for the future - where sometimes you save more and sometimes you save less given what you have on hand. But either way the amount is less important than the act to doing even a little. In the case of diet and exercise - you'll have more energy and generally be healthier than people who (you think) aren't fretting over their health. Or maybe like Jenn said you can just think of it like a teaching lesson. Teaching someone that movement (exercise) is an important part of life and food is something to enjoy as part of life but not something to obsess over.
ReplyDeleteI understand the malaise - sometimes I am so obsessed with being better that I forget that I am good. You are very very good in many many ways, so try to remember that when you are feeling like better is out of reach. A person I consider wise once told me - Better can be the enemy of good. I try to think of this when ever "better" or "best" feels overwhelming.